Kansas City’s historic Folly Theater reopened Saturday, just one week after vandals caused an estimated $750,000 in damage during an early morning break-in on October 24.
KC historic Folly Theater reopens after clean up from $750,000 in damages
Audio engineer Dez Martin, who has worked at the theater for five years, had to use replacement equipment after vandals damaged the soundboard the venue had relied on for years.
“We can’t actually use it to mix a show because a lot of the different channels and parts of it aren’t functional,” Martin said.
The emotional impact hit staff hard when they discovered the destruction.
“How are we going to continue?” she recalled asking herself. “I was nauseated. I was just 100% devastated.”…